5511 real-game puzzles in this collection
What is a mate in 1?
One move ends the game. The challenge is pure board vision: seeing the single square where check meets no escape.
How to spot it
Scan every check systematically — queen first, then rooks, bishops, knights, pawns. One of them covers every flight square.
What this set trains
Speed and accuracy drills for beginners, warm-ups for everyone else. The foundation of all mating vision.
Foundation: 4630Developing: 722Challenging: 154Advanced: 5
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Rating 1600
dovetailMateendgamemate
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matemateIn1middlegame
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Rating 1602
endgamematemateIn1
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epauletteMatemastermate
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matemateIn1middlegame
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endgamekingsideAttackmate
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Rating 1603
endgamemastermate
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Rating 1603
endgamematemateIn1
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Rating 1605
endgamemastermate
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Rating 1605
matemateIn1middlegame
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Rating 1606
matemateIn1middlegame
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Rating 1606
matemateIn1middlegame
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Rating 1607
attackingF2F7matemateIn1
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Rating 1611
endgamemastermate
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Rating 1611
matemateIn1middlegame
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Rating 1612
discoveredAttackdiscoveredCheckkingsideAttack
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Rating 1612
matemateIn1middlegame
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Rating 1613
matemateIn1middlegame
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Rating 1613
matemateIn1oneMove
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Rating 1614
endgamemastermasterVsMaster
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Rating 1614
blindSwineMateendgamemate
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Rating 1617
matemateIn1middlegame
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Rating 1618
endgamematemateIn1
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Rating 1619
matemateIn1middlegame
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